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viii PHILIPS WOUWERMAN 489 to the right are boats and horsemen. "Painted in a free and spirited manner in the early time of the master" (Sm.). Signed on the left at foot with the last monogram ; canvas, 42 inches by 54 inches. It is not identical with Sm. I, as Sm. thought not unlikely, for that is 788. A copy, formerly attributed to A. van der Velde, is in the Stuttgart Gallery, 1907 catalogue, No. 286. In the Dresden inventory of 1722, A 544. In the Royal Picture Gallery, Dresden, 1905 catalogue, No. 1437. 742. A CAVALRY ENCOUNTER BEFORE A ROUND TOWER. Sm. 505 and Suppl. 246. To the left is a river valley. In the right middle distance is an old round tower, with a cloud of powder- smoke behind it. On the left cavalry are driven into the river. In the centre horsemen are firing at each other. In the immediate foreground a man on a bay horse turns round and fires his carbine at an enemy on a roan horse, beyond whom two of his party come up at a gallop. Facing right, a man on a grey horse with a blue banner charges an enemy who, struck by a bullet, falls backward from his horse. Three men and a horse lie dead in front. " An excellent work " (Sm.). Signed on the right at foot with the full monogram ; canvas, 27! inches by 32^ inches. Acquired for Dresden in 1782 by Raschke from Antwerp. In the inventory of 1722, A 364. In the Royal Picture Gallery, Dresden, 1905 catalogue, No. 1452 ; it was there in 1842 (Sm., who valued it at .350). 743. A CAVALRY FIGHT NEAR A RUINED CASTLE. On the right is a ruined castle ; to the left is a valley. In the centre is a fight between horsemen, who are firing at each other. In the immediate foreground lie dead horses and men. To the left are two fugitives on foot, one of whom carries a banner. On the right quarter of the grey horse in the centre galloping right is a large monogram composed of C and S, probably a stud-mark as in 536. Signed on the left at foot with the full monogram ; canvas, 28 inches by 39 inches. In the Dresden inventory of 1722, A 399, as the number of the picture shows ; and not first acquired by Le Leu in 1749 from the Araignon collection, Paris, as Htibner thought. In the Royal Picture Gallery, Dresden, 1905 catalogue, No. 1457. 744. A CAVALRY SKIRMISH ON A HILL. On a hill in the foreground two horsemen fire point-blank at each other. Farther back lies a dead man. Farther back still, on the right, a trumpeter blows his trumpet. Below, in the middle distance, the cavalry fight is seen in part. Signed on the left at foot with the full monogram ; panel, 15 inches by 12 inches. In the Dresden inventory of 1754 (" I 9%)- In the Royal Picture Gallery, Dresden, 1905 catalogue, No. 1461.